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National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Wildlife Refuge system is a network of lands and waters managed to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat.
The system consists of over 500 refuges across the nation. Nearly all of them have the words "National Wildlife Refuge", "Wetland Management District", or "Wildlife Management Area" in their names; notable exceptions include:

History

See History of the National Wildlife Refuge System

Statistics (as of 2004)

Physical Features

Area of land under management (Stewardship Lands): = 96,013,646 acres (388,533 km²)

Area of land less than fee title = 3,775,246 acres (15,278 km²)

Area of wetlands = 45,677,973 acres (184,852 km²)

Number of management units = 632 (includes 545 refuges, 37 wetland management districts, and 50 coordination areas)

Number of Wilderness areas = 75

Area of Wilderness = 20,698,845 acres (83,765 km²)

Length of rivers within the National Wild & Scenic Rivers System = 1,051 miles (1,691 km)

Length of refuge boundary with Mexico = 120 miles (193 km)

Management

Area of wetlands restored in 2004 = 89,262 acres (361 km²)

Area burned in 2004 to reduce hazardous fuels = 45,012 acres (182 km²)

Visitation

Total visitors in 2004 = 39,847,108

Total visits in 2004 = 72,563,393

Volunteers

Total volunteers in 2004 = 32,933

Total volunteer hours in 2004 = 1,339,427

Value of volunteer hours in 2004 = $23,024,750

Real Property

Length of roads maintained = 11,700 miles (18,800 km)

Number of buildings maintained = 5,850

Number of employee housing units = 660

Number of bridges = 650 (0 tunnels)

Miles of fencing = 13,500

Number of water control structures maintained = 9,100

Personnel

Total staff = 3,809 FTE’s (Full Time Equivalents, thus two half-time employees count as one FTE)

Number of refuge enforcement officers = 491

Number of firefighter FTE’s = 538Further Information

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